retrain Who acts: factory, We, He, course, people · What happens: retrain, be, teach, close, sit, eat · To what, where: someone, them, something, aunt, many workers, puppy · Speech: someone speaks here
«retrain» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: retrain in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To retrain is to learn new skills, usually for a different job.
mark csubj cop mark amod obj punct advmod case det amod obl punct root To PART retrain VERB is AUX to PART learn VERB new ADJ skills NOUN , PUNCT usually ADV for ADP a DET different ADJ job NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 retrain mark 2 retrain retrain VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 learn csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 learn cop 4 to to PART _ 5 learn mark 5 learn learn VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 skills amod 7 skills skill NOUN Number=Plur 5 learn obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 13 job punct 9 usually usually ADV _ 13 job advmod 10 for for ADP _ 13 job case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 job det 12 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 13 job amod 13 job job NOUN Number=Sing 5 learn obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 learn punct
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1 retrain to-infinitive tree rules 2 is present for a different job; learn property tree rules
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Meaning 2 To retrain someone or an animal is to teach them again or teach them something new.
The tree, 16 words mark advcl obj cc det conj cop mark iobj advmod cc conj iobj obj amod punct root To PART retrain VERB someone PRON or CCONJ an DET animal NOUN is AUX to PART teach VERB them PRON again ADV or CCONJ teach VERB them PRON something PRON new ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 retrain mark 2 retrain retrain VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 teach advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 retrain obj 4 or or CCONJ _ 6 animal cc 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 animal det 6 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 3 someone conj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 teach cop 8 to to PART _ 9 teach mark 9 teach teach VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 10 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 teach iobj 11 again again ADV _ 9 teach advmod 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 teach cc 13 teach teach VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 9 teach conj 14 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 teach iobj 15 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 13 teach obj 16 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 15 something amod 17 . . PUNCT _ 9 teach punct
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1 retrain to-infinitive someone tree rules 2 is present them = they again teach property tree rules 3 teach speech: other infinitive something them = they vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient something=Topic
Example 1 My aunt retrained as a nurse.
nmod:poss acl case det obl punct root My PRON aunt NOUN retrained VERB as ADP a DET nurse NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 aunt nmod:poss 2 aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 retrained retrain VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 aunt acl 4 as as ADP _ 6 nurse case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 nurse det 6 nurse nurse NOUN Number=Sing 3 retrained obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 aunt punct
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1 retrain participle My aunt not said here as a nurse tree rules
Example 2 The factory closed, so many workers retrained.
det nsubj punct advmod amod obl acl punct root The DET factory NOUN closed VERB , PUNCT so ADV many ADJ workers NOUN retrained VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 factory det 2 factory factory NOUN Number=Sing 3 closed nsubj 3 closed close VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 workers punct 5 so so ADV _ 6 many advmod 6 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 7 workers amod 7 workers worker NOUN Number=Plur 3 closed obl 8 retrained retrain VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 workers acl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 closed punct
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1 close participle the factory many workers vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 retrain participle many workers not said here tree rules
Example 3 We retrained our puppy to sit before eating.
nsubj nmod:poss obj mark xcomp mark advcl punct root We PRON retrained VERB our PRON puppy NOUN to PART sit VERB before SCONJ eating VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 retrained nsubj 2 retrained retrain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 puppy nmod:poss 4 puppy puppy NOUN Number=Sing 2 retrained obj 5 to to PART _ 6 sit mark 6 sit sit VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 retrained xcomp 7 before before SCONJ _ 8 eating mark 8 eating eat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 sit advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 retrained punct
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1 retrain past We our puppy tree rules 2 sit to-infinitive We not said here vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 eat gerund We not said here vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 He is retraining to become a chef.
nsubj aux mark xcomp det xcomp punct root He PRON is AUX retraining VERB to PART become VERB a DET chef NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 retraining nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 retraining aux 3 retraining retrain VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 to to PART _ 5 become mark 5 become become VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 retraining xcomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 chef det 7 chef chef NOUN Number=Sing 5 become xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 retraining punct
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1 retrain present · progressive He tree rules 2 become to-infinitive He not said here a chef vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 5 The course helps people retrain for new jobs.
det nsubj obj xcomp case amod obl punct root The DET course NOUN helps VERB people NOUN retrain VERB for ADP new ADJ jobs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 course det 2 course course NOUN Number=Sing 3 helps nsubj 3 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 helps obj 5 retrain retrain VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 helps xcomp 6 for for ADP _ 8 jobs case 7 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 8 jobs amod 8 jobs job NOUN Number=Plur 5 retrain obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 helps punct
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1 help present the course people vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 retrain infinitive people not said here for new jobs tree rules
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